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Scenario of nuke strikes weighed
Washington Times ^ | Tuesday, May 28, 2002 | By David R. Sands

Posted on 05/27/2002 10:40:08 PM PDT by JohnHuang2

Edited on 07/12/2004 3:54:05 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

The unthinkable turns out to be relatively easy to calculate.

Computer simulations of a nuclear exchange between India and Pakistan, employing software models developed for the Pentagon, show that even in the simplest scenarios thousands of people would die instantly and that hundreds of thousands would be placed in the path of harmful and potentially lethal levels of radiation.


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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: southasialist
Tuesday, May 28, 2002

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1 posted on 05/27/2002 10:40:08 PM PDT by JohnHuang2
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2 posted on 05/27/2002 10:43:47 PM PDT by Libertarianize the GOP
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To: JohnHuang2
We call that a Muslim barbecue
3 posted on 05/27/2002 10:45:28 PM PDT by Matt Young
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Too bad India is down wind, Pity it can't blow back towards the middle east...
4 posted on 05/27/2002 10:48:56 PM PDT by null and void
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Too bad India is down wind, Pity it can't blow back towards the middle east...

In a winter exchange that's exactly what would happen.

5 posted on 05/27/2002 11:08:36 PM PDT by Centurion2000
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Considering the following, I have little problem with the concept of Pakistan being turned into glass:

Taliban and Qaeda Believed Plotting Within Pakistan

Virtually the entire senior leadership of Al Qaeda and the Taliban have been driven out of eastern Afghanistan and are now operating with as many as 1,000 non-Afghan fighters in the anarchic tribal areas of western Pakistan, the commander of American-led forces in Afghanistan said on Monday.

6 posted on 05/27/2002 11:40:24 PM PDT by Timesink
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